Yours, Mine and Ours: Surviving and Thriving in a Blended Family

ISBN-10: 1897453051
ISBN-13: 9781897453056
Category: Family & Relationships
Pages: 192
Language: English
Published: 2008-08-01
Publisher: Manor House Pub Incorporated
Author: George Glass

Description

When we first got together Donna and I had each been married before, and both of us had children. She had a 13-year-old daughter, Susan, and a 9-year-old son, Barry, and I had a 13-year-old son, Frank... We were not married long when we had two more children, both boys... This book is the result of our efforts to understand, chronicle and then explain the experiences we had in putting together a family that began as diverse people from different backgrounds... Divorce does not bring out the best in people, and the effect on the children is long-lasting. There is no reason though why you and they can not become involved in a process to help repair some of that damage. Developing a working blended family is one way to help that process happen. This book is neither a cookbook nor a do-it-yourself manual of step-by-step instructions on what should or should not be done. Hopefully though, you will get some new ideas, realise the consequences of different behaviours that you may have tried, and know that many other people have made even worse mistakes, but been able to work things out.

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